Eight-thousanders

The 14 "eight-thousanders", 8,000 metre or higher above sea level, all in the Himalaya:

• Mount Everest (8,848 m)
• K2 (8,611 m)
• Kangchenjunga (8,586 m)
• Lhotse (8,545 m)
• Makalu (8,462 m)
• Cho Oyu (8,201 m)
• Dhaulagiri (8,167 m)
• Manaslu (8,163 m)
• Nanga Parbat (8,126 m)
• Annapurna (8,091 m)
• Gasherbrum I (8,068 m)
• Broad Peak (8,047 m)
• Gasherbrum II (8,035 m)
• Shishapangma (8,027 m)

Seven summits

The highest mountains of each continent (the Seven Summits):

• Mount Everest, Asia (8,850 m)
• Aconcagua, South America (6,959 m)
• Mount McKinley (Denali), North America (6,194 m)
• Kilimanjaro, Africa (5,895 m)
• Mount Elbrus, Europe (5,642 m)
• Vinson Massif, Antarctica (4,897 m)
• Mount Kosciuszko, Australia (2,228 m) or Carstensz Pyramid, Oceania (4,884 m)

Earth, by continent

Africa

• Ahaggar, Algeria (3,000 m)
• Toubkal, Morocco (4,165 m)
• Auasberge , Namibia (2,484 m)
• Kompassberg , South Africa (2,500 m)
• Draken Mountains Cathkin Peak , Basuto -South Africa (3,650 m)
• Emi Koussi, Chad (3,415 m)
• Moco , Angola (2,610 m)
• Mount Cameroon (4,075 m)
• Mount Elgon, Kenya (4,321 m)
• Mount Kenya (5,195 m)
• Kilimanjaro, Kenya-Tanzania (5,895 m) - highest mountain of Africa
• Mount Meru, Tanzania (4,566 m) - little-known due to its close proximity to Kilimanjaro
• Ras Dashan, Ethiopia (4,620 m)
• Mount Baker (4,844 m) - Congo-Uganda
• Mount Emin (4,798 m) - Congo-Uganda
• Mount Gessi (4,715 m) - Congo-Uganda
• Mount Stanley (5,119 m) - Congo-Uganda
• Mount Luigi di Savoia (4,627 m) - Congo-Uganda
• Mount Speke (4,890 m) - Congo-Uganda
• Rungwe , Zambia (3,175 m)
• Table Mountain/Tafelberg (1,088 m) - Cape Town, South Africa

Antarctica

• Mount Erebus (3,794 m)
• Mount Fridtjof Nansen (2,740 m)
• Mount Jackson (3,050 m)
• Mount Kirkpatrick (4,528 m)
• Mount Markham (4,350 m)
• Mount Terror (3,230 m)
• Mount Tyree (4,852 m)
• Vinson Massif (4,897 m), highest mountain in Antarctica

Asia

Himalaya - Karakoram

• Annapurna (8,091 m) - #10 in the world Nepal
• Broad Peak (8,047 m) - #12 in the world Pakistan - China
• Cho Oyu (8,201 m) - #6 in the world Nepal-Tibet
• Dhaulagiri (8,167 m) - #7 in the world Nepal
• Gangkhar Puensum (7541 m) - highest unclimbed mountain in the world Bhutan
• Gasherbrum I (8,068 m) - #11 in the world Pakistan - China
• Gasherbrum II (8,035 m) - #13 in the world Pakistan - China
• Gasherbrum III (7,952 m) - Pakistan - China
• Gasherbrum IV (7,925 m) - Pakistan - China
• K2 (8,611 m) - Pakistan, world's second highest, but a tougher climb than Everest
• Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) - #3 in the world, on the Nepal-Sikkim border
• Kamet (7,756 m) - Indian border, first peak over 25,000 ft to be climbed
• Kongur Shan (7,719 m) - western Tibet
• Kula Kangri (7,554 m) - highest peak in Bhutan
• Lhotse (8,516 m) - #4 in the world, located in Nepal
• Makalu (8,462 m) - #5 in the world, located in Nepal
• Manaslu (8,156 m) - #8 in the world, located in Nepal
• Masherbrum (7,821 m) - Pakistan
• Melungtse (7,181 m) Nepal - Tibet
• Mount Everest (8,850 m) - Nepal - Tibet border, highest mountain in the world
• Muztagh Tower (7,273 m) Pakistan
• Namcha Barwa (7,756 m) - southeast Tibet, highest peak in the eastern Himalaya
• Nanda Devi (7,816 m) India
• Nanga Parbat (8,125 m) - #9 in the world, located in Pakistan
• Pumori (7,161 m) Nepal - Tibet (Himalaya)
• Rakaposhi (7,788 m) - Pakistan
• Shishapangma (8,013 m) - #14 in the world Tibet
• Tirich Mir (7,690 m) - Pakistan
• Trango Towers (6,350 m) - Pakistan

Others

• Adam's Peak (2,243 m) - Sri Lanka
• Ararat (5,165 m) - Turkish Armenia, landing site, in folkloric elaborations of the biblical account of Noah, of his ark
• Baitou (Paektu) Mountain (2,744 m) - highest mountain in Korea, on Chinese/North Korean border
• Belukha (4,506 m) - Russia, highest peak in Altai Mountains
• Demavend (5,671 m) - Iran
• Doi Inthanon (2,565 m) highest peak in Thailand
• Gongga Shan (7,556 m) - highest peak in Sichuan, China; highest in the world outside of the Himalaya and Karakoram
• Halla Mountain (1,950 m) volcano; highest peak in South Korea
• Hkakabo Razi (5,881 m) - highest peak in Myanmar
• Ismail Samani Peak (7,496 m) - Tajikistan, highest peak in the Pamir
• Mount Kazbek (5,047 m) - Georgia, second highest mountain in Caucasus
• Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4,750 m) - Russian volcano
• Lenin Peak (7,134 m) - Tajikistan - Kyrgyzstan border (Pamir range)
• Merapi (2,911 m) Indonesia
• Mount Apo (2,954 m) - highest point in the Philippines
• Mount Fuji (3,776 m) - famous volcano, highest peak in Japan
• Mount Jade (3,952 m) - highest peak in Taiwan
• Mount Kerinchi (3,805 m) - highest point of Barisan Range, Sumatra
• Mount Kinabalu (4,093 m) - Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia
• Mount Nowshak (7,485 m) - highest point in Afghanistan, located in the Hindu Kush mountain range.
• Mount Tambora (2,850 m) - Indonesia
• Peak Pobeda (Tomur Feng) (7,439 m) - Kyrgyzstan - China border, highest peak in the Tian Shan

Europe

Alps

• Piz Bernina - highest Swiss peak of Eastern Alps , Switzerland-Italy (4,049 m)
• Dachstein - highest peak of Styria and Austrian Limestone Alps , first vertical climbing 19th century (2,997 m)
• Dent Blanche - Switzerland (4,356 m)
• Dent du Midi - Switzerland (3,260 m)
• Diablerets - Switzerland (3,210 m)
• Eiger - Bernese Alps , Switzerland (3,970 m)
• Finsteraarhorn - Alps, highest peak of the Bernese Oberland (4,274 m)
• Gran Paradiso - Italy (4,061 m)
• Grand Combin - Switzerland (4,314)
• Grandes Jorasses - France - Italy, Mont-Blanc range, 4,208 m
• Grossglockner - highest peak of Austria (3,797 m)
• Hochkoenig - Austria near Berchtesgaden, Germany (2,938 m)
• Jungfrau - Bernese Alps , Switzerland (4,158 m)
• Koschuta - Karawanken, Austria-Slovenia - famous climbing peak (2,135 m)
• Matterhorn - photo star above Zermatt, Switzerland-Italy (4,477 m)
• Mont Blanc - France-Italy (4,808 m) - highest mountain of Western Europe
• Monte Cristallo - Dolomites, South Tyrol-Italy (3,199 m)
• Monte Rosa - Western Alps , Italy - Switzerland second highest mountain of Western Europe (4,634 m)
• Napf - Swiss Flysch Alps (1,407 m)
• Ortler - highest peak of South Tyrol, Italy (3,902 m)
• Pelvoux - French Alps, (3,946 m)
• Mount Pilatus - near Lucerne, Switzerland (2,129 m)
• Rigi - overlooking Lake Lucerne (1,797 m)
• Piz Palu - (3912 m)
• Schlern - Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy ( m)
• Schneeberg - highest peak of Lower Austria (2,076 m)
• Tödi - Swiss Glarus Alps (3,620 m)
• Traunstein - photo star at Traun Lake , Upper Austria (1,610 m)
• Triglav - highest peak of Slovenia (2,864 m)
• Mount Titlis - Swiss Urner Alps (3,239 m)
• Untersberg - near of Salzburg city (1,973 m)
• Weisshorn - Switzerland (4,506 m)
• Wetterhorn - Switzerland (3,701 m)
• Wildspitze - Oetztaler Alps, Austria (3,774 m)
• Zugspitze - Alps - highest point in Germany (2,964 m)

See also: Alps

Apennines

• Gran Sasso (2,912 m) - Italy, highest mountain in the Apennines

Balkans

• Aegaleus - Greece
• Ainos - Greece (1,628 m)
• Čvrsnica - Dinarides, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2,238 m)
• Dinara - Dinarides, Croatia-Bosnia (Troglav peak 1,913 m; Dinara peak 1,831 m)
• Hymettus - east of Athens, Greece (1,026 m)
• Korab - highest point in Albania (2,764 m)
• Olympus - legendary home of the Greek gods, also the highest in Greece (2,911 m)
• Musala - Bulgaria, highest mountain in the Balkans (2,925 m)
• Panachaicus - northernmost mountain of the Peloponnese, east of Patras, Greece (1,926 m)
• Parnassus - Greece (2,460 m)
• Plevlja , Bosnia-Montenegro (2,238 m)
• Šar Planina, Macedonia-Serbia (Kosovo) (2,747 m)
• Vergina - Greece (2,193 m?)
• Vihren - Bulgaria, second highest mountain in the Balkans (2,915 m)

See also: List of mountains in Greece , Greek names of mountains, List of mountains in Bulgaria .

Caucasus

• Mount Elbrus (5,642 m) - highest mountain in Europe, Russia

Iberia

• Aneto (3,404 m) - Spain, highest point in the Pyrenees
• Montserrat (1,236 m) - Spain
• Mulhacén (3,482 m) - Spain, highest point in the Sierra Nevada

Ireland

• Carrantuohill (1,041 m) - highest mountain in Ireland

Scandinavia

• Galdhøpiggen (2,469 m) - highest point in Norway
• Haltitunturi (1,328 m) - highest point in Finland
• Kebnekaise (2,111 m) - highest point in Sweden

United Kingdom

• Ben Lawers (1,214 m)
• Ben Nevis (1,300 m) - highest mountain in the United Kingdom
• Cross Fell (893 m) - highest mountain in the Pennines
• Snowdon(1,085 m) - highest mountain in Wales
• Scafell Pike (978 m) - highest mountain in England
• Kinder Scout (636 m) - highest mountain in the Peak District
• Mam Tor (517 m) - Peak District, England
• Slieve Donard (850 m) - highest mountain in Northern Ireland

Carpathian Mountains

• Gerlachovsky stit - highest peak in Tatra mountains, Slovakia (2,655 m)

to be categorised

• The Brocken - highest peak of Harz Mts., Eastern Germany (1,142 m)
• Etna - dominant volcano on Sicily, Italy (3,263 m)
• Großer Feldberg - Schwarzwald, Germany (1,493 m)
• Hekla - Iceland volcano (1,491 m)
• Mont Ventoux - France (1,909 m)
• Mount Circeo - Italy
• Mount Vesuvius - famous Italian volcano (1,270 m)
• Plöckenstein , Böhmerwald - Austria-Czech Republic-Germany (1,378 m)

North America

Canada

• Mount Assiniboine – Canadian Rockies
• Cascade Mountain – Canadian Rockies
• Mount Columbia – Canadian Rockies
• Mount Edith Cavell – Canadian Rockies
• Mount Robson (3,954m) – highest point in the Canadian Rockies
• Mount Rundle – Canadian Rockies
• Mount Saint Elias (5,489m) – #2 in Canada and the USA
• Three Sisters – Canadian Rockies
• Mount Waddington – highest mountain in the Coast Mountains range of British Columbia
• Mount Yamnuska – Canadian Rockies

Mexico

• Cofre de Perote (4282 m) – Veracruz
• Fuego de Colima (3,860 m) – Jalisco/Colima border
• Iztaccíhuatl (5,286 m) – México state/Puebla border
• La Malinche, or "Matlalcueitl" (4461 m) ‐ Tlaxcala/Puebla border
• Nevado de Colima (4,330 m) – Jalisco/Colima border
• Nevado de Toluca (4577 m) – México state
• Pico de Orizaba, or "Citlaltépetl" (5,610 m) – Puebla/Veracruz border, highest point in Mexico
• Paricutín (3,170 m) – Michoacán
• Popocatépetl (5,465 m) – México state/Puebla border

United States

• Mount Adams – Cascades, Washington
• Mount Baker – Cascades, Washington
• Mount Baxter – California
• Mount Borah – Idaho
• Bridge Mountain – Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
• Cathedral Peak – California
• Mount Columbia – Colorado
• Mount Dana – California
• Devils Tower – Wyoming
• Mount Diablo – California
• Mount Elbert (4,401 m) – Sawatch Range, Colorado, highest point in the Rocky Mountains
• Mount Foraker – Alaska
• Glacier Peak – Cascades, Washington
• Grand Teton – Wyoming
• Mount Greylock – Massachusetts
• Half Dome – California
• Heart Mountain – Canadian Rockies
• Mount Hood – Cascades, Oregon
• Horsetooth Mountain – Colorado
• Mount Jefferson – Cascades, Oregon
• Jobs Peak – Sierra Nevada
• Mount Katahdin – at north end of the Appalachian Trail
• Mount Lassen – Cascades, California
• Mount Logan (5,959 m) – highest mountain in Canada, second highest in North America
• Longs Peak – Colorado
• Mammoth Mountain – California
• Maroon Bells – Colorado
• Mount Massive – Sawatch Range, Colorado
• Mauna Loa – Hawaii; see Oceania.
• Mount McKinley or Denali (6,194 m) – highest mountain in North America
• Mount Mitchell – highest mountain of the Appalachians
• Mount Monadnock – New Hampshire
• Newberry Volcano – Oregon
• Mount Olympus – Washington
• Pikes Peak – Colorado
• Mount Rainier (4,392 m) – Cascades, Washington
• Mount Saint Elias (5,489m) – #2 in Canada and the USA
• San Jacinto Peak (3,293 m) – California
• Mount Shasta – California
• Mount Shuksan – Cascades
• Mount St. Helens – active volcano in the Cascades, Washington
• Mount Si – Cascades, short but popular
• Mount Stuart – Cascades, Washington
• Mount Timpanogos – Wasatch Range, Utah
• Three Sisters – Oregon
• Mount Washington – highest peak in northeastern United States, worst weather in the world
• Wheeler Peak – highest peak in Nevada
• Mount Whitney (4,421 m) – Sierra Nevada, highest mountain in the continental United States

Oceania

Australia

• The Blue Mountains — New South Wales
• Mount Buffalo — Victoria
• Cradle Mountain National Park — Tasmania
• Mount Dandenong — near Melbourne — Victoria
• Mount Keira — mountain in illawarra escarpment
• Mount Kembla — mountain near Unanderra, Wollongong New South Wales
• Mount Kosciuszko — highest mountain in Australia — New South Wales
• Mount Tallebudgera — Gold Coast — Queensland
• Mount Wellington — Tasmania

Hawaii

• Mauna Loa a volcanic seamount that is earth's largest mountain, when measured from its base under the ocean.
• Mauna Kea
• Kilauea

Indonesia

Bali

• Mount Agung

New Guinea

• Carstensz Pyramid

New Zealand

• Mount Anglem
• Mount Aspiring
• Mount Cook - highest mountain in New Zealand
• Mount Dampier
• Mount Edgecumbe
• Mount Hikurangi
• Mount Hopkins
• Mount Hutt
• Mount Maunganui
• Mount Ngauruhoe
• Mount Owen
• Mount Pirongia
• Mount Ruapehu
• Mount Silberhorn
• Mount Tapuaenuku
• Mount Taranaki (also known as Mt. Egmont)
• Mount Tarawera
• Mount Tasman
• Mount Tongariro
• Mount Wellington

South America

• Aconcagua - Argentina, highest mountain outside of Asia
• Cerro Torre - Patagonia
• Mount Chimborazo - Ecuador
• Cotopaxi - Ecuador
• Pico Cristóbal Colón - Colombia
• Fitz Roy - Argentina
• Huascaran - highest mountain of Peru
• Illimani - Bolivia
• Ojos del Salado - highest mountain of Chile, second highest of the Andean peaks
• Nevado del Ruiz - Colombia
• Mount Roraima - Guyana
• Sugar Loaf Mountain - Rio de Janeiro

Extraterrestrial mountains

• List of mountains on the Moon
• List of mountains on Mercury
• List of mountains on Venus
• List of mountains on Mars

Related links

• List of mountains in Albania
• List of mountains in Brazil
• List of mountains in Greece
• List of mountains in India
• List of mountains in Iran
• List of mountains in Ireland
• List of the 100 famous mountains in Japan
• List of mountains in Korea
• List of mountains in Nepal
• List of mountains in Pakistan
• Mountains of the United Kingdom
• List of mountains of the United States
• Mountain range
• List of mountain ranges
• List of volcanoes
• List of mountain passes